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9 weeks after we ordered it and were told it would be delivered in two weeks, it arrived.

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Our beautiful new, oh so expensive mattress.

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Is it wonderful?

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Boy howdy is it ever.

Firm, but luxuriously soft… I’ve never slept better.

But what it also is….

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Is heavy. Can’t say I’m looking forward to sheet change day.

It’s also tall.

So tall it swamps the headboard and makes arranging the comforter a challenge.

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If I pull it down far enough to meet the bed skirt at the foot…

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There’s a gap at the head.

I’m a short person y’all.

And even though we bought the super short accompanying box spring, the frame of our old bed raises it so high I literally half to climb in or fling myself on it from a running start at night.

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Now I know why people buy new beds when they purchase new mattresses these days. No box spring ( or ladder) required.

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